Michelle Borkin
Associate Professor
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichelle Borkin is an Associate Professor and visualization researcher with over a decade of experience developing novel visualization techniques that drive discoveries across medicine, astronomy, and network science. She combines a PhD in Applied Physics from Harvard with interdisciplinary collaboration—bringing together computer scientists, clinicians, and astronomers—to create actionable tools such as computer-assisted cardiology diagnostics and scalable network visualizations. Her work spans information and scientific visualization, hierarchical and multidimensional data representation, visualization cognition, HCI, and rigorous evaluation methods. Based in Boston, she is known for cross-fertilizing techniques between domains, turning domain-specific challenges into broadly applicable visualization solutions.
10 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Applied Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Applied Physics at Harvard UniversityBachelor of Arts (BA), Astronomy and Astrophysics & Physics, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Astronomy and Astrophysics & Physics at Harvard College
Github Skills (2)
python1
vispy1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (4)
borkin/ieeevis.org
Mar 2018 - May 2019
Website for ieeevis.org
Contributions:19 pushes in 1 year 2 months
ieee-vgtc/ieeevis.org
Mar 2018 - May 2019
Website for ieeevis.org
Contributions:20 commits, 19 PRs in 1 year 2 months
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